NBA great promotes STEM education at event

The Sacramento Bee - Diana Lambert "The NBA Hall of [...]

November 19th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Federal preschool bill highlights need to improve state program, advocates say

ED Source - Lillian Mongeau "Legislation introduced in Congress last [...]

November 18th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Funding, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Push is on to close college gap for California’s Latinos

The L.A. Times - Carla Rivera "A study shows Latinos [...]

November 12th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, College-prep, College/University, Current Events, Education, Higher Education, Hispanic, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How A California Law To Encourage Vaccination Could Backfire

NPR - Nancy Shute "California has a new law that's [...]

November 11th, 2013|Categories: Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Family, News, Parenting, Parents, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Foundation pledges $5 million for Watts social, educational programs

The L.A. Times - James Rainey "Mall developer and political [...]

November 9th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Los Angeles, Low Income, Low Performing, News, Poverty, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Truants can be required to wear GPS devices

The San Francisco Chronicle - Bob Egelko "Youths who are [...]

November 3rd, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Parenting classes take France by storm

Global Post - Staff Writer "Classes teaching how to be [...]

November 3rd, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, France, Learning, News, Parenting, Parents, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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The treat of staying healthy

LompocRecord.com - Staff Writer "The California Department of Education recently [...]

November 1st, 2013|Categories: California, Exercise, Obesity, Physical Education|Tags: Education, School|

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Feds set price of defiance on standardized tests: at least $15 million

EdSource - John Fensterwald "The state now knows how much [...]

October 30th, 2013|Categories: Accountability, California, Common Core Standards, Funding, Government, No Child Left Behind, Testing, Waivers|Tags: Education, School|

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Steinberg: Making high school relevant is ‘top focus’

The Sacramento Bee - Staff Writer "California high schools could [...]

October 29th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, High School, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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